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Signor Traversa, first violin to the
Prince de Carignan, then played a con-
certo in the Italian style very well; many
parts with great delicacy, good tone, and
facility of execution; but this was not
so well relished by the audience as the
Exaudi that went before it. Nay, I could
plainly discover, by their countenances
and reception of it, how little they had
felt it.
Madame Philidor sung a motet next,
of her husband's composition, who drinks
hard at the Italian fountain; but though
this was more like good singing and good
music than any vocal piece that had pre-
ceded it, yet it was not applauded with
that fury, which leaves not the least
doubt of its having been felt.
The French are much indebted to M.
Philidor, for being among the first to
betray them into a toleration of Italian
music, by adopting French words to it,
and afterwards by imitating the Italian
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